Comparison-of-governance-assessments-conducted-by-the-transboundary-waters-assessment-programme-components

27 COMPARISON OF GOVERNANCE ASSESSMENTS CONDUCTED BY THE TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME: REPORT OF THE TWAP CROSSCUTTING WORKING GROUP ON GOVERNANCE Indicator component Aquifers Water quantity Lakes Rivers LMEs Open Oceans • Dam density • River fragmentation • Consumptive water loss • Human water stress • Agricultural water stress • Flow disruption Ecosystem state Ecosystem Habitat/ biodiversity Fisheries 28 • Groundwater depletion • Fraction of land area devoted to crops • Fraction of impervious surface area • Livestock density • Wetland disconnectivity • Environmental water stress • Human water stress • Agricultural water stress • Primary productivity • Chlorophyll a • Sea surface temperature • Aragonite saturation state (acidification) • Ocean Health Index • Cumulative Health Index • Sea level • Ocean heat content change • Ocean deoxygenation • Aragonite saturation state (acidification) • Primary productivity - chlorophyll Indicators and timing • Marine Trophic Index • Ocean Health Index • Cumulative Human Impact Index • Non-native fishes % • Non-native fishes abundance • Extinction risk • Wetland disconnectivity • Mangrove extent • Warm water reef extent • Reefs at risk index • Zooplankton abundance, composition • Biodiversity • Change in catch potential due to warming • Value of reported landings • Fishing in Balance Index • Marine Trophic Index • Stock-catch status • ABNJ tuna catch • Demersal fish catch • Fishing in Balance index • Catch potential THE TWAP INDICATORS IN RELATION TO THE GOVERNANCE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK Indicator component Pollution Aquifers • Groundwater pollution Lakes Rivers • Soil salinization • Nutrient • Nitrogen loading pollution • Phosphorus • Wastewater loading pollution • Mercury deposition • Pesticide loading • Sediment loading • Organic loading • Potential acidification • Thermal alteration LMEs Open Oceans • Coastal eutrophication • Persistent organic pollutants • Floating plastic debris • Floating plastic marine debris concentration • Plastics in the deep ocean • Persistent organic pollutants • Nitrogen inputs • Numbers below national poverty levels • 2100 HDI Social justice Well-being Economic Demographic • Societal wellbeing • Human Development Index Services Risk factors • Aquifer buffering • Gross national capacity Income • Aquifer vulnerability to climate change • Aquifer vulnerability to pollution • Human dependency on groundwater • Human dependency on groundwater for domestic water supply • Human dependency on groundwater for agricultural water supply • Human dependency on groundwater for industrial water supply • Ecosystem dependency on groundwater • Prevalence of springs • Mean annual groundwater recharge depth (mean annual recharge volume per unit of area) • Annual amount of renewable groundwater resources per capita • Natural background groundwater quality • Economic dependence on water resources • Exposure to floods and droughts • Fish contribution to animal protein • Contemporary climate related extreme events index • Contemporary threat index (overall) • Sea level rise threat index • Tourism revenues • Tourism contribution to GDP • Fishery production potential • Vulnerability to sea level rise 29 COMPARISON OF GOVERNANCE ASSESSMENTS CONDUCTED BY THE TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME: REPORT OF THE TWAP CROSSCUTTING WORKING GROUP ON GOVERNANCE The assignment of indicators was not always clear cut, as some were ambiguous and could be considered as belonging to more than one category.